title: [The problem of infectiousness of tuberculosis patients during chemotherapy].
abstract: In 1979 two patients with cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis were treated by a combination of three tuberculostatic drugs. During 12 1/2 and 16 1/2 weeks M. tuberculosis could be cultured in sputum and gastric juice respectively. Culturable M. tuberculosis are capable of infecting guinea-pigs and consequently are also infectious for humans.
mesh_terms: D003523:Cycloserine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004977:Ethambutol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005750:Gastric Juice / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007538:Isoniazid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology*; D013307:Streptomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000635:transmission*
chemical_list: D004977:Ethambutol; D003523:Cycloserine; D007538:Isoniazid; D013307:Streptomycin
vernacular_title: Zur Frage der Infektiosität von Tuberkulosepatienten unter Chemotherapie.